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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
320 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
NCZ509-510-051945-
POLK MOUNTAINS NC-EASTERN POLK NC-
320 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL POLK COUNTY THROUGH 345
PM EDT...
AT 320 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS, OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE LURE, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBUS, CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK, MILL SPRING, AND LAKE ADGER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE ADGER, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT
BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3536 8209 3523 8219 3533 8231 3536 8228
3538 8228 3540 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 302DEG 8KT 3535 8222
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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